Configuring Office 365 Password Policies: A Step-by-Step Guide

As an administrator of your organization’s Office 365 or network, you are responsible for setting password policies to safeguard your organization from various cyber threats.

a) How do I set the Office 365 password policy ?

1. Sign in to the  Microsoft 365 admin center .

2. Then click “Settings“, select “Security & Privacy“, then click “Password Expiration Policy“.

3. After that, click the “Set user passwords to expire after a few days” checkbox. Here, it will ask you to enter the following values:

• The number of days before the password expiration.
• The number of days before the user receives an expiration notification.

But you must enter the value:

• The number of days before password expiration should be between 14 and 730.
• The number of days before users receive an expiration notification should be between 1 and 30.

b) How do I set the password to never expire in Office 365 ?

1. Sign in to the  Microsoft 365 admin center .

2. Then click Settings, select Organization Settings, and then click Security & Privacy.

3. After that, open the Password Expiration Policy page and select “Set user passwords to expire after a few days“, displaying a 90-day period before 14 days password expiration.

4. To prevent Office 365 passwords from expiring for all users in your organization, uncheck the “Set user passwords to expire after a few days” checkbox and click “Save“.